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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
N.C. State 77, Notre Dame 70
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Where: Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center, South Bend, Indiana
Officials: # Mike Eades, # Jeff Anderson, # Les Jones
Attendance: 7721

North Carolina State 77, Notre Dame 70: T.J. Warren scored 17 points and Anthony Barber added 16 as the visiting Wolfpack edged the Fighting Irish.

Desmond Lee and Ralston Turner added 12 points apiece for North Carolina State (11-4, 1-1 ACC), which never trailed in the second half and improved to 3-0 in ACC road openers under coach Mark Gottfried. Jordan Vandenberg gathered a team-high 11 rebounds.

Garrick Sherman paced Notre Dame (10-5, 1-1) with 21 points and a career-high 18 rebounds while Pat Connaughton was 5-of-11 from 3-point range and finished with 15 points. The Fighting Irish lost for the first time in three games since leading scorer Jerian Grant was dismissed from the team for an academic violation.

Barber’s half-court shot at the halftime buzzer gave the Wolfpack a 3-point advantage, and the Fighting Irish trailed by six with five minutes remaining. Steve Vasturia hit a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 69-66 with 1:29 left, but the Wolfpack scored their final eight points at the foul line to secure the win.

Eric Atkins had 14 points for the Fighting Irish, who shot 7-of-24 from 3-point range and failed to capitalize on a 79-77 win over Duke on Saturday. North Carolina State, making its first visit to Notre Dame since 1982, was 25-for-32 from the foul line while the Fighting Irish were 9-for-12.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Sherman has scored in double figures in each of the last 12 games. … Warren, who entered the game averaging a team-high 23.9 points, missed 11-of-17 shots and failed to convert his three attempts from beyond the arc. … Notre Dame dropped to 126-12 at home since the beginning of the 2006-07 season.
Top Game Performances
 
N.C. State   Notre Dame
T.J. Warren 17 Scoring Garrick Sherman 21
Tyler Lewis 4 Assists Eric Atkins 5
Jordan Vandenberg 11 Rebounds Garrick Sherman 18
Anthony Barber 7 Free Throws Made Eric Atkins 3
Lennard Freeman 2 Steals Demetrius Jackson 1
Beejay Anya 2 Blocks Pat Connaughton 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
N.C. State 77 41.4 4-13 25-32 12 33 5 5 8
Notre Dame 70 40.9 7-24 9-12 14 32 6 2 11